If only. The replication crisis means a lot of scientists have written books about their area based on bad research. Not only they were trained in their area, s

If only. The replication crisis means a lot of scientists have written books about their area based on bad research. Not only they were trained in their area, some of them even invented it. I'll give you one concrete example: "Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges", by Amy Cuddy. That book was based on the (now completely falsified) theory of "Power posing"[0], which the author published peer-reviewed papers on. It's a neat little grift: publish a couple of papers, get yourself a TED talk, sign a book deal, and suddenly you're getting hired to teach leadership courses to clueless MBAs and give conference talks to bored executives. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_posing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_posing